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[bestswordmaster]

Sylvain said I needed to record something to tell you to leave a message, even though if you're bothering to message me in the first place you already know what you're supposed to do, so this is pointless. So...leave a message, I guess. Maybe I'll get back to you. Maybe I won't.

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[bestswordmaster]

[The reply is a long time coming, several minutes at least, while Felix just stares at his Gear. This cannot be happening.]

what the FUCK are you talking about

[lovelybottom]

He introduced himself as Glenn Andre Fraldarius. Seems sincere. Do you not have a brother?

[He'd be surprised if this boy managed to lie well enough to fool his nose, but it is theoretically possible.]

[bestswordmaster]

[This one takes a few minutes, too, because Felix puts down the Gear and gets up to pace around. First his father, and now this? How is he even supposed to feel about this?]

I HAD a brother.

[lovelybottom]

I see. I can tell him that you’re busy, or call someone else.

[Dimitri, perhaps? He did mention knowing the prince.]

[bestswordmaster]

NO

[Then, a few seconds later,]

just
don't let him leave
where are you

[And then a few seconds after that,]

what did you tell him
what has he said

[lovelybottom]

[Geralt sends him their current location. Judging from the all capitals, he decides that he’ll wait on informing Dimitri of this development. Felix clearly thinks it would be a poor decision.]

He remembers all of you as young. He thinks that you should be a knight.

He speaks fondly of you.

I haven’t told him much more than who I know is here, and that you are older than he expects. He has asked after a girl named Ingrid, if that means anything to you?

[bestswordmaster]

[He thinks that you should be a knight. Goddess, he can't handle this. What is he supposed to do, tell Glenn the truth? But what else can he do?]

I'm not a knight.
I never will be.
by choice.
Ingrid is our other childhood friend.

[A few seconds later,]

and she was glenn's betrothed.

[lovelybottom]

I don't intend to tell him anything personal. He may ask you about your knighthood, though.

[Or lack thereof. So, fair warning on that front, at least. Hopefully it will be better if Felix goes into the conversation prepared and doesn't get blindsided by it.]

I haven't mentioned your nuptials, either.

[Felix can decide how and when he wants to break that news to his brother. Geralt doesn't know what the attitude is towards that kind of thing in Felix's realm-- whether Glenn will be pleased that Felix is with someone he loves, or whether such unions are frowned upon. They are, after all, not looked kindly upon where Geralt's from, so he can't assume that things are better elsewhere.]